Art Project by Google

Care to visit the Metropolitan Museuem of Art, the Uffizi Gallery in Florence and the Tate Collection in London sometime? Well now you can in the comfort of your dorm or living room thanks to Google's new venture, "Art Project."

Google has partnered with some 17 top international art museums, including the three mentioned above, to put their collections on-line interactively.


Anyone with internet access can interactively explore the art and galleries of museums from Berlin and Prague to Madrid and St. Petersburg. The benefit of putting the work on-line is all the interactive features that are built into the viewing experience. Visitors can find out more information about the paintings and the museums, post comments and view work under a black light. All at the click of a mouse.



To begin exploring art, visit www.googleartproject.com.

Thanks to junior Seth James for the hat tip.

More Watercolor pictures

Collegian Reporter Shannon Odell spent some time in Professor of Art Sam Knecht's watercolor class last week. Here's what she saw.

Junior Bonnie Cofer prepares another layer of wash. The class is currently working on landscapes.

Senior Laura Walcott says that watercolor is "ethereal and versatile."

"You can create messy, crazy paintings or really detailed botanical drawings," she said.


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